Mobile Network Hardening Program – Perth Hills Round

Overview

The Australian Government is providing $1.2 million (GST exclusive) for the Perth Hills Round of the Mobile Network Hardening Program (the Program) to strengthen the resilience of mobile network communications in regional and peri-urban areas of the Perth Hills, Western Australia. The Perth Hills Round of the Program provides co-funding to Mobile Network Operators and Mobile Network Infrastructure Providers to upgrade battery back-up power reserves to at least 20 hours and/or install Automatic Transfer Switches at up to 23 mobile telecommunications infrastructure sites in the Perth Hills. The Perth Hills Round is funding projects located in the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Serpentine,Jarrahdale, Armadale, Mundaring, Kalamunda, and Swan, which comprise the Perth Hills for the purposes of the Program.